Misaki Shokuhou
Misaki Shokuhou is a female anime and manga character who features in To Aru Majutsu No Index.
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Biography
Misaki Shokuhou (Japanese: 食蜂 操祈, Hepburn: Shokuhō Misaki) was a female human born as an Esper on Earth. She was later entered into Academy City and passed through the Power Curriculum Program where she became an Esper of an unknown Level. When she was younger, Shokuhou Misaki was a subject of the Clone Dolly first research laboratory. It was revealed that Shokuhou Misaki and Mitsuari Ayu of the third laboratory were found by Tree Diagram to both have the possibility of reaching Level 5. This meant that both possessed abilities with a near-identical basic theory and scope, though they would plateau at Level 3 under the standard curriculum. The higher-ups decided to prune one and focus on developing the other. Following the Parameter List, they chose to focus on Shokuhou Misaki, with Mitsuari Ayu being kept as a back-up in the event of her death. Her researchers soon begun to train Misaki's powers for the Exterior Project, using her powers to brainwash people like Makuwa to think melons are apples. Part of this project was the development of Exterior, a giant brain that could replicate her powers with much higher potency, with significantly increased reach and number of people that can be controlled at one time, and to allow anybody to use Mental Out for themselves. For that project, part of her cerebral cortex was taken from her to create Exterior. At some point during her time in the first laboratory, Shokuhou approached Hokaze Junko, a subject of Clone Dolly's third lab, and discovered that Junko suffered painful headaches every day due to her power. Misaki used her power to sync with Junko's mind and relieve the headaches, despite the risk to herself if Junko were to lose control. She advised Junko to stop trying to everything by herself and said that she owed her one.
During the project, she was asked to brainwash a girl that is known as Dolly, which the scientist required for data, into thinking she is her friend that left her after discovering the machines implanted on Dolly's person. Misaki somehow acquiesces and begins pretending as Dolly's friend. This ultimately ends in tragedy when it is revealed that Dolly's condition is steadily deteriorating even with Academy City's powerful medical technology, and by the time the two have become close Dolly falls ill and dies shortly after—supposedly a foregone conclusion and necessary to the Exterior project. A crestfallen Misaki soon turns against the facility and its researchers, exerting her influence and control over everybody involved in the project. She learns that the Clone Dolly Workshop is related to the Exterior project, and also that the scientists are to dispose of her once Exterior is completed. By the time she enters Tokiwadai Middle School, Misaki has effectively hidden Exterior and its capabilities completely, though later had help from people apparently loyal to her to maintain it. Her admission to Tokiwadai happened simultaneously to her being officially classified as a Level 5, at which point she was higher ranked than Misaka Mikoto. Due to the events involving Dolly and the Exterior Project, Misaki became weary and depressed to the point of wanting to use her powers on herself to remove what she called 'heavy thoughts'.
Back in August of the year before the main story, Misaki meets Kamijou Touma several times, which would later be remarked upon by her 'as the happiest period of her life', despite their relationship ending abruptly. Misaki, a 1st year of Tokiwadai, first meets Touma in an intersection, bumping into him as he was in a hurry. In his haste he leaves his cellphone with Misaki, forcing her to hand over the phone to Anti-Skill. This event would later consequently lead to the attempted suicide of Mitsuari Ayu at Ground Geo, a girl similar to Misaki, who had just reached an impasse in her ability development. This was because the cellphone could have been used by Touma to call her and prevent her from trying to take her own life as she stated 'wanted to be saved' by him. Later, a still-depressed Misaki, goes to Ground Geo and pondered using Mental Out on herself. She later meets Touma again who was still hounded by his failure to help Mitsuari, recognizing him from before. The meeting would subsequently prevent Misaki from doing the deed as Misaki discovers first-hand, several times, on how Touma's power worked against her. Touma would later meet Misaki several times during the summer, bickering and getting into shenanigans, like going for a swim, where they introduce each other and where Touma relates his preference for big-breasted women, and getting tricked by Kumokawa Seria. This later culminates with Touma giving a used cheap whistle for her to use to call him when she is in trouble, which notes is an indirect kiss with him. The similarities with Misaka Mikoto's relationship with Touma are clear, and they can be described as acquaintances that often run into each other in the city. Misaki even hypothesized that these similarities may be the reason why she could not stand her. These run-ins with Touma, however, would later come to an abrupt end. Deadlock would later try and attack Misaki, forcing Touma to defend her using his own body while she used her powers to whittle their numbers by having them attack each other. Touma's efforts however later come at a price as he becomes severely injured. Needing to save Touma's life, Misaki volunteers to use her powers on Touma, as in essence, it manipulates the brain's fluids, cutting off his sense of pain and allowing the EMT to treat him. However, due to Touma's low blood pressure, her attempt didn't work correctly as planned, leaving Touma brain damaged and making him unable to remember and make new memories of her and only her. At some point during the winter uniform period, before she had acquired her current figure and stature, a coat-wearing Shokuhou encountered Kobayashi Satori. The full nature of their meeting is currently unknown, but at least part of their encounters involved a dropped crepe and Shokuhou offering her own to Kobayashi afterwards. Kobayashi also took a picture with Shokuhou around this time.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Misaki Shokuhou was a beautiful elegant woman who had long straight hair of golden color. She tended to wear a pair of white gloves and stockings, both adorned with laces. She is also seen holding a shoulder bag with a star adorned on the middle. Her eyes are also gold colored, however, one notable feature of her eyes is that they have star designs on them.
Whilst at Tokiwadai Middle School, she came to be known by the alias of the Queen of Tokiwadai and as the Queen Bee.
Coupled with her cute face, Misaki exudes a seemingly playful and childish personality.
However, with this facade belies a much more cunning nature.
Powers and abilities
She was also terrible at athletics, and a mere jog, according to Mikoto, will quickly tire her.
Misaki Shokuhou was born an esper (能力者 Nōryokusha?, lit. "Ability User") who generated scientifically based supernatural powers and emitted AIM. She later came to be ranked as a Level 5 (超能力者レベル5 Chōnōryokusha (Reberu 5)?, lit. "Person with Super Powers", Yen Press: Level Five Superpower) Esper making her among the strongest of her kind.
As an Esper, she had the ability called Mental Out (心理掌握メンタルアウト Shinri Shōaku (Mentaru Auto)?, lit. "Psychological Control") that was a very powerful ability involving the human mind which allowed her to mentally control people, reading other people's memories, telepathy, changing a person's personality, willpower and memory destruction, revelation and transplantation of emotions, brainwashing, and psychometry. It was derived from her control of the secretion of chemicals in the target's brain via the control of blood distribution, cerebrospinal fluid, and others, in the brain. Instead of controlling bio-electricity directly, she changes its conductive efficiency by controlling the fluid that acts as a catalyst for the electricity to flow through.
Through the use of Exterior, Misaki could increase her reach and the number of people she could control. With it, she was able to force kilometers wide of drivers to move out of the way in order for their car to drive through. She still required the usage of a remote controller to do this though. After Exterior's destruction, she no longer had access to it powers as a result.
Notes
- Misaki Shokuhou was created by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura where she featured in the setting of the To Aru Majutsu No Index universe.
In other media
Television
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Appearances
- To Aru Majutsu No Index:
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